Archive: December 19, 2005

Monday, December 19, 2005

1. Just caught up with a little bit of James White's blog recently. Why is it that the Roman Catholic Church is so quick to idolatry?

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2. Here's a little more perspective on war a lot of people could stand to have.

   Update: And, some more.

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3. JibJab.com: 2-0-5 George Bush's Year in Review (via Moc). The people at JibJab are geniuses.

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4. She should have been Time's person of the year. That's exactly what I was thinking.

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5. Lindsay Lohan doesn't change facial expressions (Careful, sound) (via reddit). Now that's pretty funny. For those wondering, there are 7 images in there (but 8 frames... the 8th seems like a composite?).

   Update: Similar deal with Paris Hilton. Plus, a commenter on reddit suspects a hoax.

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6. Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist (via Glenn Reynolds and others):

   While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.
   
   These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly.
   
   "I suspected that many media outlets would tilt to the left because surveys have shown that reporters tend to vote more Democrat than Republican," said Tim Groseclose, a UCLA political scientist and the study's lead author. "But I was surprised at just how pronounced the distinctions are."

   I don't know how you can "objectively" quantify bias, but I figure it's worth reading a little more deeply to see their methodology.

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7. How'd I Get Here is a superb Firefox extension. Does one simple useful thing and it works. Particularly useful for bloggers trying to give credit with "via" links, or the obsessive compulsive among us who just have to know how they came across something. Even works across browser sessions.

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